Unknown Origin

Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species

This list of marine fish species known only by their type specimens of unknown origin is based on the taxonomy used in FishBase 2004 (2004). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

FishBase 2004: a global information system on fishes. DVD. WorldFish Center - Philippine Office, Los Banos, Philippines. Published in May 2004.

The current version of this electronic database is accessible here.

Although no endemic marine fish species was included in FishBase 2004, one species was subsequently described based on information from the the 13 March 2009 version of the Catalog of Fishes database (current version here). This species is listed below.


Leiognathus robustus (Leiognathidae) 2004